Gas Saving Tips

Concerned about high gas prices? No, don't join the "put Exxon out of business" campaign, I think Exxon appreciates all the free publicity from chain-mail. Instead, read this money saving article by lifehacker. You may be surprised to know that according to the article, using your air conditioner makes little if any difference on your fuel efficiency! I also found the online gas trackers like GasBuddy.com, and GasPriceWatch.com interesting.

Just encase you feel you're beings squeezed at the pump, I included a reader's comment from the lifehacker article belo. See, we don't have it so bad.

• digitalgravy at 04:24 AM on 06/10/08 *

  hah! $4 a gallon?! it cost me 116.9p (£1.17) a litre! that's £5.31 / gallon which works out at $10.39 a gallon!! You guys over the pond have it easy!!
  grrr!

Where would you go?

I saw this question asked asked on another blog by Paul Kedrosky, and I thought, "I wonder how my friends would answer"? So here's the question asked on Paul's site.

A question for people to ponder: Say you were 22-years-old, unattached, and recently graduated and looking for your first job. You want to be part of something big and dynamic, a truly dynamic economy where you're going to be able to rise up with it.

The U.S. has long been that place, and maybe you think it no longer is -- or maybe you do. Whatever. Where in the world -- visas aside -- would you go?

How about you? Where would you go, from San Francisco to Sao Paulo, from Singapore to Shanghai, from Sydney to Slovenia to Saskatoon. The world is changing rapidly, and the "right" answer from 1998 isn't likely the right answer in 2008.

DNA Testing

Here is an interesting article from the New York Times about government oversight for DNA testing. What do you think? Should the government regulate DNA testing?

Bumper stickers and your car

Interesting short read on personalizing things in our life. http://replicatorinc.com/blog/?p=35

Naps

You will enjoy reading this interesting study on napping, published by the Boston Globe. According to the study, napping is good for our mind and body, and feeling sleepy mid-afternoon is normal. You can read the complete article at http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/naps/ Now, I just need to sell my boss on the benefits of an afternoon nap. Oh wait, I am the boss; I hereby mandate all employees take a 45 minute nap every afternoon from this day forward!

Twitter

After resisting for as long as I could, I finally broke down and registered for a twitter account, and I'm hooked! For those who may not know, Twitter is a mini-blog/social networking site that allows you to post your status with 140 characters or less. Twitter asks a simple question, "What are you doing?", and your responses are logged. The neat feature Twitter offers is the ability to follow others. While the thought of "following" others is somewhat stalker like, the advantage is you see what others are doing as soon as they submit their post. Although many people on twitter post exactly what they are doing right now (i.e eating ice cream), I find the most interesting posts are those that are informational (i.e. Barack Obama just clinched the Democratic Nomination).

If the concept of Twitter does not sound interesting to you, I encourage you to try it before making your decision final. Just head over to www.twitter.com and register for a free account. You can then follow me, troythetechguy to get a feel for how Twitter works. By the way, here is a little jargon you'll want to know. When you post an update on twitter, it's called a tweet!

XP copy Tip

I know I discuss Linux a lot, and that's because Linux rocks! However, from time to time we may have to use Windows. Here is a quick tip when copying in Windows XP.

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/windows-no-to-all/